Need an easy way to determine if your students can conduct experiments using sterile technique? Use this kit to give them hands-on experience before they study microorganisms. Kit includes 2 sterile exercises with materials sufficient for 10 groups of 3 students.

Overview

Allow your students to practice important sterile lab skills for studying microorganisms. Students perform 2 sterile exercises: the transfer of sterile nutrient broth to a culture tube and the transfer of sterile nutrient broth from a culture tube onto a nutrient agar plate. Students must be able to perform both of these exercises without introducing unwanted microorganisms and understand the use of a positive control. Kit includes materials sufficient for 10 groups of 3 students.

This item is only available from Carolina Biological Supply Company.

What's Included

Components

Qty

Included?

Nutrient Broth Tubes, Sterile, 5 mL

10

Included

Nutrient Agar Bottle, Sterile, 125 mL

6

Included

Pipets, Disposable, Sterile, 1 mL

30

Included

Inoculating Loops, Sterile

70

Included

Petri Plates, Sterile

40

Included

Culture Tubes, Sterile

25

Included

Culture Tubes, Nonsterile

10

Included

Carolina Science Online® Digital Resource Card

1

Included

Teacher’s Manual with Reproducible Student Guide

1

Included

Ethyl or Isopropyl Alcohol, 70%, 500 mL

1

Needed, Not Included

Test Tube Racks (for 17 x 100-mm culture tubes)

10

Needed, Not Included

Lab Markers

10

Needed, Not Included

Disposable Gloves (enough for each student)

Needed, Not Included

Heat-Resistant Gloves

1

Needed, Not Included

Scissors

2

Needed, Not Included

Paper Towels, Roll

1

Needed, Not Included

Clear Tape, Roll

1

Needed, Not Included

Bleach or Autoclave

1

Needed, Not Included

Laboratory Refrigerator

1

Needed, Not Included

Incubator (optional)

1

Needed, Not Included

Resources

How-To & Techniques

Instruction Manuals & Buying Guides

Sample Teacher Manuals

Ratings & Reviews

Rated 3 out of
5 by
ReidN2it from
No flaming technique?I got this for my HS microbiology class. We have gas in our lab and I was a bit disappointed this kit didn't have alternative instructions for using a flame. It would also be helpful if Carolina made instructional videos to go with this that I could assign students to watch on the new web interface. Reading on how sterile technique and streaking for isolation only is so instructional.